A story of audacious bravery to turn the demoralizing attack on Pearl Harbor into a show of American resilience. I am impressed and inspired by the speed of execution.
The significance of Shelly's work cannot be overstated. Frankenstein changed forever how we see questions of life, death and being. While inanimate objects and constructions may have long been given the semblance of life in the form of golems or homunculi, Frankenstein borrowed from natural creation to imbue dead flesh with life. The apparent sentience and awareness of the creature, capable of human thought and feeling, revealed a mechanistic possibility of being that is at odds with the divine Spirit that drove Adam in the garden.
Interesting idea that's been done before in different ways. Still, once you run out of fuel and ammunition, you're left with a bunch of trained, disciplined soldiers with improvised weapons.
Not to disparage our Marines and their ability to improvise, but generally, when you fight American units, you're really fighting America. There's normally a long logistical umbilical path that keeps the fighting unit supplied, and that is connected to the infrastructure and manufacturing capacity of the whole country.
Reminds me of the Japanese Venus space probe Akatsuki, which launched with aluminum plates engraved with pictures of the Vocaloid character Hatsune Miku.
The project director said that if they received over 10,000 signatures, they would consent to using Miku's image on the plates. By the end, they got over 260,000 signatures.
A nice way to raise public interest in space exploration.
Entitled "Laika", this song was originally sung in Japanese by the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, while this link is to an English language cover. It seems to complement another sad song called "Kudryavka" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4FnT-f0KKo
Not to disparage our Marines and their ability to improvise, but generally, when you fight American units, you're really fighting America. There's normally a long logistical umbilical path that keeps the fighting unit supplied, and that is connected to the infrastructure and manufacturing capacity of the whole country.
But, what to do with all the extra cats?
http://xkcd.com/723/
A heartbreaking pair of music videos about Laika:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odeYjswto_s
and
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4FnT-f0KKo
Both originated as Vocaloid videos, but the first one listed here was re-dubbed by an excellent human singer in English.
http://kanmisikou.net/lab/venus/en/
The project director said that if they received over 10,000 signatures, they would consent to using Miku's image on the plates. By the end, they got over 260,000 signatures.
A nice way to raise public interest in space exploration.
Entitled "Laika", this song was originally sung in Japanese by the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku, while this link is to an English language cover. It seems to complement another sad song called "Kudryavka" at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4FnT-f0KKo
Raw squid sounds kind of chewy.